(~s, alleging, ~d)
If you ~ that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it. (FORMAL)
She ~d that there was rampant drug use among the male members of the group...
The accused is ~d to have killed a man...
It was ~d that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.
= claim
VERB: V that, be V-ed to-inf, it be V-ed that